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[[Category:Battles|Maidan 1842, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War]]
|date=15 September 1842
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidan_Shahr Meydan Shahr, Vardak Province, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.449971,68.783466&z=12&t=h&hl=en 34.449971°N 68.783466°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott Sir William Nott]
|commander2=Shams al-Din
|strength1=
|strength2=12,000 men
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=Maidan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7upz-Bw Google Books - Action at Maidan]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Mydan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=ro8ySdr9E4GSyAS_4p3eBw#PPA332,M1 Google Books - General Knott's Despatch]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Willliam Nott]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Benee Budam, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War]]
|date=15 September 1842
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidan_Shahr Meydan Shahr, Vardak Province, Afghanistan]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.449971,68.783466&z=12&t=h&hl=en 34.449971°N 68.783466°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nott Sir William Nott]
|commander2=Shams al-Din
|strength1=
|strength2=12,000 men
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=Maidan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=9owySbGlE5bMzQS7upz-Bw Google Books - Action at Maidan]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Mydan+1842&as_brr=3&ei=ro8ySdr9E4GSyAS_4p3eBw#PPA332,M1 Google Books - General Knott's Despatch]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020372/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Willliam Nott]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Benee Budam, Battle of]]
